The Republic of Zulerna is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Brian with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.356 billion Zulernans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santo. The average income tax rate is 37.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Zulernan economy, worth 75.8 trillion Zulanian dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,898 Zulanian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

CEOs are forced to cut coupons during important conference calls to make ends meet, court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulerna's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Zulerna is ranked 81,536^th in the world and 1,877^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 17.38 flags saluted per person per day.